I run a lot and have for many years. This has resulted in improvement in all distances but a lot has to do with just improvement over time,  over distance. i.e. keep running and building on your foundation fitness and you’ll keep improving…. until…you reach a tipping point where either age beats you or your training stagnates and your times stop improving. This happened to me in 2014 after a stella 2013 where everything went right.

I decided in 2015 to talk to Raf Baugh, the owner of The Running Centre (TRC) in Perth and he gave me a program, my first training program and coach, at 48 ! It was a shock to the system but I feel his work laid the foundation for the great year I’m having in 2016. Raf is infectious and in his eyes age really is just a number. He opened my eyes to all sorts of different terms and running pace, tempo, threshold, VO2max, recovery; etc. Before I was just running, no real goal, just running. This new approach has set me up for another tilt at the sub 2:40 dream. Thanks Raf, you really are a legend.

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So the reason behind the post, if you feel you have plateaued go jog down to your local running shop and ask about a coach or group runs. It’ll be the best thing you ever did, period.

After this morning I was worried about keeping up with the boys on our weekly 16k tempo run. Funnily enough felt great and left the lads at halfway and pushed on. This double  up running is really do wonders for my stamina.

Even had had a bit of rain to keep me cool. Jon took a short cut to get this photo. 

Big effort to get out of bed but went with the theory I’ve never regretted going for a run. Rewarded with a wonderful sunrise over Star Swamp. Outstanding run and feel ready for a 16k tempo pace double bridges at noon. Bring it…